Author: Gud Sleepz Team
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Is Sleep Divorce For You: Definition and Benefits for Couples
“Adjustment is another name of life. Actually you can’t live without it” - Himanshu Shekhar
We all have different sleep needs and sleep chronotypes which can be difficult to be practised when your living conditions don't allow that independence. Traditionally, couple’s are expected to sleep in the same bed for intimate reasons or other cultural reasons. But, having different sleeping arrangements isn’t normalised among the public. Recent celebrity couples have been promoting ‘sleep divorce’ as a concept to enhance their overall sleep quality. What is this ‘sleep divorce’, you might be wondering? Let’s understand sleep divorce and how we can use it to our advantage.
Understanding Sleep Divorce
Sleep divorce is the practice of sleeping in separate beds or bedrooms for improving one’s sleep quality. This could be due to issues such as partner’s snoring, different sleeping habits, timing or different health needs leading to waking up in the middle of the night. These issues might affect one or the other partner leading to compromising sleep quality. Due to these reasons, sleep divorce is practised among the general public and even endorsed by celebrity couples. This practice shouldn’t be confused with relationship separation. Happy couples tend to practise sleep divorce for one’s own sleep and health benefits as well.
Caution: Sleep Divorce isn’t for everyone as it can develop as an issue if one of the partners doesn’t agree to it. The decision to practise sleep divorce should be discussed among couples and both of their expectations should be fulfilled. You can have intimate moments separately and when sleeping, can have different arrangements. The frequency of the arrangement should be discussed as well. If both of the partners are not happy with this practice, avoid sleep divorce. There are a million other ways to address sleep issues as well if this practice doesn’t resonate with your partner.
Benefits of Sleep Divorce
There are a number of benefits of sleep divorce if both the partners are interested in this practice.
Reduced Sleep Interruptions: Sleep divorce can lead to avoid unnecessary sleep interruptions such as phone lights, noise, snoring and waking-up disruptions etc. If someone wakes up due to the slightest noise, they can benefit from sleep divorce.
Improved Relationship: If couples are affected due to their poor sleep, they may experience irritability and anger. This can further worsen their relationship. Sleep divorce can allow couples to enjoy a relaxing sleep and thereby, have their intimate moments more wholly.
Sleep Quality: The sole benefit of sleep divorce is increased sleep quality. The research on sleep divorce has indicated that sleep quality was seen to improve due to overall increase in sleep time, reduced sleep fragmentation and increase in sleep latency.
Tips on Practising Sleep Divorce
Sleep Rituals and Cozy Space: When you sleep, you need to sleep right. This means, having a well-made bed, clean sheets and amicable sleep environment would do the deed. Have a couple’s ritual of intimate times, movies or something where both can spend quality time together and then to reside in your own beds for your sleep needs.
Communicate needs: Often we do not understand each other’s needs and lack of communication can lead to a lot of misunderstandings. Having regular conversations and checking on each other on whether these sleep arrangements are working is important.
Prioritising Intimacy and Couple’s need: The sole side effect of sleep divorce might be lack of intimacy or lack of needs fulfilled by the other partner. If possible, scheduling cuddling sessions or having some amount of proximity or making changes in each other’s health can lead to a more understanding environment for each other.
As mentioned earlier, sleep divorce isn’t for everyone. If you aren’t happy with the sleep divorce set-up, do follow us more for other important contents for couple’s in relationships. Hope this article sheds some light on ‘sleep divorce’ for anyone considering this option. Do follow us on our website for more updates.
Tags: couples sleep , insomnia , mental health , sleep divorce , sleeplessness
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